Robert Mugabe: Zimbabwe’s Downward Spiral

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Credits:
Host - Simon Whistler
Author - Arnaldo Teodorani
Producer - Jennifer Da Silva
Executive Producer - Shell Harris

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[langtonmwanza]

feels weird watching this from Zimbabwe....with my 4 hours of electricity and no running water, yes I choose to spend 20 minutes of my 4 hours watching Simon talk

[dwightnkomo]

I'm from Zim, that man really did some damage to my country. I was glad when he died.

[tentwoXII]

it’s weird to call a genocide “chasing away” and calling murder “leaving”

[christopherconard]

I have a couple Z$100, 000, 000 bills along with some other Zimbabwean money. Probably over a billion dollars. At the time he took power this would have made me one of the wealthiest people on the planet. At the peak of his power, it couldn't buy me a cheeseburger.
This and death are his legacy. Nothing more.

[walttaylor]

My adopted Grandmother, was a white Rhodesian. She is one of the nicest, sweetest old lady any one could meet, but she never had a single nice thing to say about Mugabe.

[baseddepartment]

17:48
>Only candidate
>Still loses 15% of the vote


If you're going to be a dictator, at least do it properly.

[rolandgrosche]

During the hight of Zimbabwes hyperinflation I visited Zim with my family. The hotel we stayed in was empty as tourism to Zimbabwe had ground to a halt, yet ironically above the reception area there was a huge portrait of him. South Africa is full of Zimbabweans who suffered and fled under Mugabe yet the media is treating him as a hero

[thejordanianphilosopher]

Robert Mugabe gave a speech in the UN . He said we are not gays LOL.

[crazeelazee]

"Finally, we're free from oppression"
"Actually, you're free from *white* oppression"

[stagbeetle]

Technically, you could be a billionaire in Zimbabwe and be poor as hell at the same time lmao

[whatonearth]

Breadbasket of Africa, now basket case. Mugabe’s and ZANU PF’s legacy is a nation in ruins.

[kyliev]

By “land reform” I think you mean “outright genocide”.

[callumjoyce]

Ian Smith and Cecil Rhodes are both fascinating and highly controversial figures that would make excellent biographics episodes!

[introvertednoise]

I knew the moment he died that you’d do something on him. Kudos ✊🏽
The research was on point. He played a role in killing many of my people. He’s not a hero in my book.

[BrettonFerguson]

The 4500 white owned farms produced enough food to feed 1/3rd of the entire African Continent's population. Also the farms employed tens of thousands of black employees who were paid decent and had good lives compared to most people in Africa. After the reforms the employees all lost their jobs and the farms couldn't produce enough food to feed even Zimbabwe. They started out making millions exporting food to other African countries, ended needing to import food. Some of the soldiers who took over farms would sell the equipment for instant cash. Some would tear out the irrigation pipes to sell as scrap metal for instant cash. This turned the farms and orchards back into deserts.

[luvuyonobadula]

I lived in Zimbabwe in the early 80's and again in the late 80's. It was such a beautiful, prosperous country then. It makes me sad to see what it has become.

[robertgiles]

The World Health Organization made Mugabe an Ambassador late in his life, which should tell you something about that organization.

[rustyshackleford]

The whole farming landgrab is one of the worst blunders of his tenure. He didn't evict them, he straight up murdered many.
Not only that, the response from the international community was pathetic. Most had to be dragged out kicking and screaming to say something.

[maxhaly]

He died on my birthday. Best birthday ever!

[nadiabairamis]

Really good job Simon! Im glad you covered the genocide of the Ndebele, as it’s often swept under the carpet. I wish you had explored the violence of the land grabs and how it was not just the white farmers but the mainly black farm workers who were killed and beaten.

My grandmother knew Sally and said that she was a wonderful person and a moral compass. And her death was the beginning of the end for us all.

Im in my 30s so I am a Zimbabwean of the generation whose family and friends lost their farms and even loved ones.

I grew up in the most beautiful country in the world, a country of good kind black, brown and white people. The breadbasket of Africa.
And then I watched it burn under Mugabes hate, greed and corruption.

Isn’t it terrifying how one man can hold such terrible power and be so unaccountable and untouchable.